Course Title: Advanced Adult Health Nursing 1

Course Pre-requisite: Core/ Cognate Courses

Course Description:

Theoretical foundations of advanced adult nursing practice is a 3 unit graduate course to develop and
equip the professional nurse with the foundation knowledge, attitude and skills in the role performance in
one's area of clinical specialization such as educator, practitioner and researcher. The focus of the course
is the study of the various theories, researches and evidences as sound bases to enhance the practice of
caring for an adult, family or community.

Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1. Examine and critique the current practice of nursing.

2. Analyze and critique nursing theories.
3. Present and critique the applicability of a research study to nursing practice.
4. Develop a program proposal supported with a nursing theory and an evidenced base research
study.

Course Content/Delivery/ Student Assignment

Specific Objectives Content/Course Delivery Student Responsibilities

 examine the current Lecture discussion-
nursing practice 1. Current nursing practice Participate actively
 compare and contrast 2. Standards of nursing care
3. IOM recommendations Scholarly paper on current
the current nursing
practice with and future directions of
standards of practice nursing practice, in their
 establish possible respective institutions. It
directions of nursing should be 2-3 pages and
practice should have introduction,
body and conclusion. Use
APA format.

Consider the following

questions?
1. How far is my institution in
terms of the IOM
recommendations?
2. What should be done as
recommended by IOM?
Justify.

 critique select Student presentation followed by

nursing theories and discussion
models and other  Present the author, brief
related theories Nursing Theories/ Models summary of the theory
and its critique. Focus
Focused on nursing goals and on the application of the
function theory or model on
1. Environmental Model of Education, Research and
Practice.
Nursing: Florence
(Administration could
Nightingale be included if there is
2. Maternal Role any.) Include examples
Attainment Theory of its application.

 Note: the given

Focused on competencies and examples will be used in
skills the succeeding module.
3. American Association of
Critical Care Nurses
Synergy

Focused on Caring
4. Nursing as Caring Theory
5. Theory of Human Caring
6. Middle Rang Theory of
Caring (Swanson)
7. Simone Roach’s 5 C’s of
Caring

Focused on Culture
8. Leininger’s Cultural Care
Diversity and
Universality Theory and
Model

Others
9. Modeling and Role
Modeling Theory by
Erickson et. al
10. Technological
Competency as caring in
nursing

Interdisciplinary Theories
11. Theory of Care Seeking
Behavior by Lauver
12. Humanistic Nursing
Theory by Paterson and
Zderad
 13. Peplau: Theory of
Interpersonal Nursing
14. Maslow’s theory
Theory Critique
 Establish Theory, Research and Nursing
connections among practice
nursing theory,
research and nursing  Theory and Nursing
practice Science
 critique a research  Theory and Nursing
article/ study with a Practice
theoretical - Evidence - based
framework Nursing Practice
 Theory and Research
 Theory and Nursing
Education
Develop program proposal to Translating Theories into
improve nursing outcome. Practical Actions
 use nursing theories
and researches to Theory Application
effect change in
nursing practice  Administration
 Education
 Practice
 Research
Grading System:
 Look closer on the
examples on how the
theory you presented
is/are used in education,
research and practice.
 Write a reflection on it
(3 pages only but should
have introduction, body
and conclusion).
Consider the following
questions to guide you.
1. How is the theory
used?
2. How is this
important to you as
an MSN student and
as a practicing
nurse?
3. What can you do to
apply the theory in
your area of
expertise?
Program Proposal
 Background/situational
analysis
 Literature (researches
utilizing theoretical
framework)
 Program description
 Objectives
 Timeline/Work Plan
 Plan of Action
 Budget
 Other relevant
information
 Use APA format
  Participation and attendance activities 10%
 Scholarly paper on future direction 20%
 Oral Presentation 20%
 Reflection 20%
 Research Proposal 20%
 Portfolio (consists all your requirements)10%

LIST OF READINGS:

Brown, L. P. (2011). Revisiting our roots: Caring in nursing curriculum design. Nurse Education
in Practice, 11(6), 360-4. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2011.03.007
Kardong-Edgren, S., Cason, C. L., Brennan, A. M. W., Reifsnider, E., Hummel, F., Mancini, M.,
& Griffin, C. (2010). Cultural competency of GRADUATING BSN NURSING
STUDENTS. Nursing Education Perspectives, 31(5), 278-85. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/853719101?accountid=33657
Mefford, L. C., & Alligood, M. R., (2011). Testing a theory of health promotion for preterm
infants based on levine's conservation model of nursing. Journal of Theory Construction &
Testing, 15(2), 41-47. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/903537327?
accountid=33657
O'Connell, K.,A. (2009). Theories used in nursing research on smoking cessation. Annual
Review of Nursing Research, 27, 33-62. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/197288137?accountid=33657
Stevens, K. R,. (2013). The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big ideas.
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 18(2), 122-4. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1449497144?accountid=33657

References:

Books:

Alligood, M. R., & Tomey, A. M., (2010) .Nursing Theory. 7th ed., Singapore : Elsevier

Kim, H., S., (2010). The nature of theoretical thinking in nursing. 3rd ed., New York :
Springer
Meleis, A. I., (2012). Theoretical Nursing: development and Progress. 5th ed.,
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
 Reed, P. & Crawford Shearer B., (2009) Perspectives on Nursing Theory. 5th ed.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Zerwekh, J. & Claborn, J. C,. (2009). Nursing today : transition and trends. 6th ed., St.
Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier

On-line Resources:

ProQuest Online Database

http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/

http://watsoncaringscience.org/about-us/caring-science-definitions-processes-theory/

http://www.stritch.edu/Library/Doing-Research/Research-by-Subject/Health-Sciences-
Nursing-Theorists/Nursing-Theorists/

http://nursingcrib.com/news-blog/nursing-theory-theorists/